NEWS ITEM: RABBIT FOUND WITH PLAGUE

[mambo101]

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/health/4482019/detail.html

 

[pamnock]

Thanks for doing such an awesome job keeping usup on the news updates. I don't watch tv, but try to grabsome news off the internet and really appreciate the links youpost. Interesting stuff!



Pam

 

[mambo101]

pamnock wrote:

Thanks for doing such an awesome job keeping us up on thenews updates. I don't watch tv, but try to grab some news offthe internet and really appreciate the links you post.Interesting stuff!



Pam

Your welcome, Pam.

 

[bunsforlife]

Thats kinda scary... but they did say rabbits were rodents which they DEFINITELY are not!

 

[Lindsey]

bunsforlife wrote:

Thats kinda scary... but they did say rabbits were rodents which they DEFINITELY are not!

Man that is one of my biggest pet peeves. I even corrected my collegebiology professor thatLagomorpha wasNOT a classunder Rodentia!

I had a big argument about it one time with a good online friend, andhe finally got so condescending, "hate it break it to ya babe, they'rerodents."

Argh.

 

[Kricket]

EEK! This is kinda scary. But I agree, why would they call rabbits rodents??!!? Grrr...

 

[pamnock]

I'm guessing most news reporters aren't Biology majors.

Rabbits were reclassed in 1912, so you'd think the concept would have caught on by now



Pam

 

[irishmist]

TEE HEE

I fired a letter off to the newspaper, telling them that their reporter should do a little more research about his topic LOL



Susan

 

[Kricket]

irishmist wrote:

TEE HEE

I fired a letter off to the newspaper, telling them that their reporter should do a little more research about his topic LOL



Susan

Susan, I wanted to do the same thing....guess I am too lazy. Let em have it!

Hugs!

 

[Prizm]

Thats kinda scary... but they did say rabbits were rodents which they DEFINITELY are not!

Man that is one of my biggest pet peeves. I even corrected my collegebiology professor thatLagomorpha wasNOT a classunder Rodentia!

I had a big argument about it one time with a good online friend, andhe finally got so condescending, "hate it break it to ya babe, they'rerodents."

Argh.

Yeah, I always thought they were rodents too. ...What is Lagomorpha?

 

[pamnock]

Prizm wrote:

Yeah, I always thought they were rodents too....What is Lagomorpha?

Here's more infohttp://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Lagomorpha.html

Pam

 

[Lindsey]

To sum it up, rabbits are to lagopmorphs as mice are to rodents.

and thats a very interesting website! I love taxonomy!